Clogged Rotary & Spray Nozzles

If your landscape irrigation system's water source is from a well with a lot of minerals such as iron or other natural debris, you may have to deal with clogged nozzles a lot more frequently than systems that run off of cleaner wells or municipal/city water supplies.

Spray nozzles come with the screens separate and must be installed prior to installing the nozzle on the spray head. This screen will catch the debris and save the spray nozzle. You can easily wash out or just replace the screen for much cheaper than the nozzle.

Rotary nozzles have a screen already attached, so the installation is one step. If the rotatory nozzle screen becomes clogged, you can easily snap the screen off and clean or replace. However, if debris gets into the rotary nozzle, than it is usually very difficult to save the rotatory nozzle and you'll have to replace the whole thing, not just the screen.

Normal rotor heads (not rotary nozzle on spray heads) are the toughest with rougher water sources. Sprays and Rotary Nozzles will have much more maintenance on the dirtier water sources, so keep this in consideration when designing your system.

Scott
http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com